Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
THE State CAPITAL.
A Bill Preventing the Acceptance of
Railway Passes by Public Officers
Creates a Furor,
Numerous Petitioners Ask the Reap.
pOintment OF DR.. Swearingen as
State Health Officer.
Terry's Veteran RaDgsrs-The Ladies ol
Austin Hard at Work for the Drouth
Sufferers.
Sp ecial to the Gazette.

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the most important extraneous matters
now engaging Legislative attention, or al
least the attention of a majority of It's
members, is the model of 3 patent gate
that occupies position on the sidewalk
in front of the main entrance to the cap.
itol building. 1t is not to be supposed
because the posts of this model supper
two miniature flags of our country, that il
awakens spirit of patriotism in the
breasts of our lawmakers that causes
them to gather around it like the pilgrims
to Mecca. No, there is an air of practi.
cability condensed in this legislative body
that forbidS such thought. 1t is more
than PROBABLE that it helps them to work
out the knotty problems of state affairs
The two great lsnd-law advocates OF
opposing views, Mr.. Strong of Dallas,
the lease-law champion, and Mr.. Brown
ing Of Mobeetie, the great free-grssser,
have taken an unusual interest in the
mechanism of the gate at the door of the
capitol. Mr. Strong thinks, that as it is
evidently "a dead open and shut'
thing, it will leave ample room
for the passage of his act.
Browning, on the contrary, contends that
he needs more room than the space be-
tween the posts will admit for the pas
sage of his act.
Some of the older members of the road
/ and bridge committee. after an eXamina-
tor, are inclined to give the gate legis-
latiye Endorsement, but are met with
serious opposition by younger members,
who object on the ground that it will bresk
up the time-honored custom of swing
Ing on the gate and thereby lessen the in
duCement to matrimony in the rural dis
tricts.
The secretary of state, John NJ. Moore,
seems to be especially "stuck" on this
gate, and was heard to remark as he
walked over the platform and watched
| the movement IS the gate slid back out
of mis- way: "By george, it's good thing
l think I'll buy one for the use of the
oflice.'
Some one said that Gov. Ross himself
was caught peeping through the blinds
| from the window of the executive office,
and it would be no surprise if it became
O state question. 1t has also been wits
pered that the senate Contemplates ap-
pointing special committee to nego-
tiate for the purchase of this model, that
| it msy be placed in front of President
Wheeler's stand as an offset to
the picture of Corrina hanging on
the wall of the house back
OF Speaker Pendleton's stand. It is init
mated that unless some ornament be
| placed in the senate chamber that will
compare favOrably with this picture in
the house some of the senators wall want
| to swap seats with members of the house.
| 1t is thought that the announce
ment of the appointment of Dr.
Rutherford of Houston as state
health officer was a little premature, as
there are numerous petitions from differ
ent parts of the state asking the reap
pointment of DR.. Swearipgen, who has
made faithful and efficient officer.
The State Architects Association have
formulated bill to be pre- ented
to the legislature making it
unlawful to practice architecture IN the
state without being examined and
awarded license. The following are
some OF the prominent features of the
bill:
Sec. 4. Said board of examiners of
architects shall receive application for
licenses, and act upon them as follows
All who are, at the time of the passage of
this act, engaged in the practice of archi-
lecture in the state, may apply in writing
to the said hoard for license, and each
architect shall file with his application
for license statement giving the name
and location of some building erected IN
der his professional care, and if at a |
meeting of said board, held thirty days
or more after such application, he be
found competent, and no good objection
be made to the granting of license, said
board shall issue to each of said persons
a license to practice architecture within |
the limits of this state without subjecting |
him to further examination.
Sec. 10. The members of said board |
shall serve without compensation; but !
their actual expenses, incurred in the dis |
charge of their duties, shall be paid out
OF the state treasury general fund: pro-
Vided, that in no event shall the expenses
of the board exceed the amount of license
fees paid into the treasury of the state.
Sec. -. Any person performing the |
duties Of architect in this state, without
first complying with the provisions of this
act, shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall |
be fined in any sum not less than 500 |
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prosecution, for each and every offense,
and shall stand committed until such fine
and costs are paid; said fine to be paid
into the state treasury. But the penalties
OF this act shall not apply until six
months after ITS approval.
The roll OF the members Of Terry's
Veteran Rangers show the names of:
Company A-Capt. King.
Company B-Lieut Faulkerson, T. K
Thompson, w. L Springfield, r. X. Chat
ham, B. NJ. Weems, S. S. Ash, J. II.
Hill.
Company Capt. J. E. Thornton, C.
B. Kennedy, Felix Kennedy, E. S. Allie,
VIM. Owens, T J. Oliver.
Company D-Capt. Ferg Kyle, Lieut.. J.
NJ. Dechard, C. G. CALDWELL R. Burger,
J. W. Hill, D. o. Hill, T. A. W. Hill, R.
T. Hill, J. NJ. Claiborne, J. H. Washing
ton, B. C Giles, L. P. Giles,D. S. Cooms, {
J. F. Mcclure, j. W. Bruelson, T. B.
Banks, F. W. Mcclure, G.. B. Burk, J. B.
Rogers, W. q. Caldwell, c. W. Stone,